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“Steamy Sexting” (aka Valentine’s Day) is a wickedly funny, twisted romantic one-minute short film created by English filmmaker Phillip Bloom for DocuMovie. Valentine’s Day fever hits big-time in a small office, with very hot and steamy results. You’ll end up getting some real goose bumps watching this one!
This piece includes color photographs, as well as the very funny, sexy short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/steamy-sexting-sending-sexy-porn-notes-in-the-office/“Steamy Sexting” (aka Valentine’s Day) is a wickedly funny, twisted... more
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“24 Hours of Neon” is an HDR (high dynamic range) tone mapped, time lapse four-minute short film by English filmmaker Philip Bloom. The film creates a sense of the color and insanity that Las Vegas gives you, all from one view point: Bloom’s balcony in his room at the MGM Signature hotel. Music is by the awesome Clint Mansell, from the stunning movie Moon.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the stunning short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/24-hours-of-neon-color-and-insanity/“24 Hours of Neon” is an HDR (high dynamic range) tone mapped, time lapse... more
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“War School” is an acclaimed, chilling short film directed by English filmmaker Ben Newman. “War School” was a film competition winner at Ctrl.Alt.Shift, a movement for a new generation fighting social and global injustice. The film re-creates a military training camp for child soldiers in a British school, transplanting the horror and injustice of the indoctrination of child soldiers to a British classroom setting. This short film performs one of the key roles of visual media in social activism, bridging the gap between the audience and a distant reality. By changing the context of the violation, the film recasts child soldiers; no longer are they simply “distant others” worthy of our pity and damned to a place of violence, but rather precious children in need of our attention and support.
This piece includes high-resolution color photographs, as well as the award-winning short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/war-school-military-training-for-child-soldiers/“War School” is an acclaimed, chilling short film directed by English... more
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The most anticipated wedding of the year has come and gone. Prince William and Kate Middleton are officially a married couple. In a beautiful ceremony in Westminster Abbey among world leaders and close friends, the couple exchanged vows. After the ceremony, the couple made their way to Buckingham Palace where they shared the much-anticipated kiss. Following a ceremony hosted by the Queen in Buckingham Palace, the couple drove off in an Aston Martin with Prince William in the driver’s seat. Friday’s Royal Wedding may not have ushered in a new dawn for the royal family, but it certainly proved that the British still know how to combine pageantry, solemnity and romance better than anyone else in the world.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a photo-gallery and three videos, including “The Royal Wedding in 60 Seconds.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/the-royal-wedding-william-and-kate/The most anticipated wedding of the year has come and gone. Prince William and Kate... more
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“The Royal Wedding” is a short film documenting the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, as interpreted by the royal popsicle-stick finger puppets. What you will see in this short film is exactly what millions of people from all around the world will be watching tomorrow when Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the royal knot. All the pomp and circumstance! All the drama and all the British accents! Just watch.
This piece includes colorful photographs, as well as the animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/the-royal-wedding-grand-pomp-and-circumstance/“The Royal Wedding” is a short film documenting the Royal Wedding of... more
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“Spring” is a delightful two-minute animated short film directed and animated by Matthias Hoegg, with narration provided by young George. The little ode to spring is based on George’s imaginative ramblings about his favorite things of the season: Hatching Chicks in the Classroom. George just loves watching the chicks as they hatch at school. They can get into trouble, but are generally quite well behaved…the chicks, that is, not George.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the enchanting animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/little-georges-ode-to-spring/“Spring” is a delightful two-minute animated short film directed and... more
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Oscar-nominated documentary-maker Tim Hetherington, co-creator of the Sundance-winning documentary “Restrepo," was killed in the besieged city of Misurata, Libya, covering fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and the opposition. A British citizen who lived in New York, Hetherington had covered conflicts with sensitivity in Liberia, Afghanistan, Darfur and, in recent weeks, Libya. Hetherington was in Libya to continue his multimedia project highlighting humanitarian issues during times of war and conflict.
Photo-journalist Chris Hondros, a US Pulitzer finalist who worked for Getty Images, was also killed. Hetherington and Hondros were among eight to 10 journalists reporting from Tripoli Street in Misrata. When shooting broke out, they took shelter against a wall, which was hit by fire.
“Restrepo” won the 2010 Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, and was a 2011 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary, Features. The movie is a stunning chronicle of one U.S. platoon, which was posted in one of the most dangerous valleys in Afghanistan. The film was made as part of Hetherington’s ongoing mission to bring the hardships of war into the public eye.
This article also presents “Diary,” one of Hetherington’s most recent works. “Diary” is a documentary short film that presents a dreamlike composition of insightful juxtapositions about his war experiences, composed of carefully conceived montages and almost inchoate sounds. It is similar in spirit to his impressionistic documentary short “Sleeping Soldiers” of 2009.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, the official trailer for “Restrepo” and Hetherington’s two documentary short films, “Diary” and “Sleeping Soldiers.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/award-winning-photographer-and-film-director-tim-hetherington-killed-in-libya/Oscar-nominated documentary-maker Tim Hetherington, co-creator of the Sundance-winning... more
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James Cooper, 25, and James Kouzaris, 24, were in Florida when they were killed at 3am in a gangland area rarely visited by tourists.
A 16 year-old, named locally as Shawn Tyson (left), was charged with their murder. It emerged yesterday that he was freed by a judge last week despite being arrested over an armed robbery.
The bodies of Mr Cooper, a tennis coach who once played Andy Murray, and Mr Kouzaris were found riddled with bullets on a one-way street in the estate, known for drug dealing and gang activity. Police are investigating the theory that the pair spent the night bar hopping in Sarasota.***
James Cooper, 25, and James Kouzaris, 24, were in Florida when they were killed... more
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Chris Nineham from the Stop the War Coalition says the intervention in Libya was all along about removing Muammar Gaddafi from power.
“Everything that we have learned from Iraq and Afghanistan tells us that you cannot bomb a country into democracy or liberation, you cannot create progress in a country by launching cruise missiles at it,” he said. “I fail to see how intensifying the bombing is going to do anything more than increase the level of violence, increase the level of suffering of the Libyan people, and spread the civil war across the country.”
“There is a very big split in the (NATO) alliance. On the one hand you have people who basically want to stick to the UN resolution, which talks about defending civilians and has very limited aims,” he said. “On the other hand, you have the US, Britain and France, who have now ‘come clean’ and said that they are going for regime change with this
intervention, which is something that is not covered in the resolution. As far as I can see, it is illegal.”Chris Nineham from the Stop the War Coalition says the intervention in Libya was all... more
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“Pass The Bucket: Stephen Murray” is a heart-wrenching, but also very inspiring 5-minute documentary short film directed by Eliot Rausch, whose previous documentary “Last Minutes with Oden” was named Best Documentary and Best Video at the 2010 Vimeo Awards.
June 22, 2007 marked a day that the Action Sports world will remember for a lifetime, a day that forever changed the life of professional BMX rider and three-time U.S. Gold Medalist, Stephen Murray. During competition in the BMX Dirt Finals at the Dew Actions Sports Tour in Baltimore (MD), while in the midst of doing a double back flip, Murray had what has been described as one of the worst crashes ever seen in BMX competition. In that catastrophic tragedy, the incredibly talented 27 year-old athlete suffered career ending injuries to his spinal cord, which left him paralyzed below the shoulders.
Almost four years later, Murray’s life has changed drastically. Fully paralyzed, Stephen now lives a different reality, but he has come to view it as a platform to help others. He continues to embrace each day and in his own words, “stay strong.” In the documentary, Murray describes the accident he endured, the changes to his life as a result of it and what enables him to continue fighting. And in true Stephen Murray fashion, his strength and perseverance continues to inspire. Stay strong.
Through his Stay Strong Foundation and courageous determination, Stephen surprisingly has found a powerful way to pass the bucket.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the remarkable documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/stephen-murray-a-story-of-incredible-suffering-and-courageous-determination/“Pass The Bucket: Stephen Murray” is a heart-wrenching, but also very... more
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Western warplanes are bombing civilian targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV channel said on Saturday.
Other Libyan media reported that oil depots near the city of Misrat were pounded. "The whole region is in jeopardy of fires," the Libyan news agency Jana said.Western warplanes are bombing civilian targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the... more
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Former CIA asset Susan Lindauer gives insight into the Libyan war and how war is being waged against the Libyan people under the guise of a humanitarian effort.Former CIA asset Susan Lindauer gives insight into the Libyan war and how war is being... more
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“Thursday” is an immaculately designed animated short film directed by Matthias Hoegg at London’s Beakus animation studio. The fascinating animation was nominated for a 2011 British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) for Short Animation. The film is stylistically captivating, full of digitally-inspired patterns and geometric compositions that were were created in 2D and 3D to evoke a dazzling futuristic world. It presents an everyday love story set in the not so distant future, where ubiquitous electronic access doesn’t necessarily guarantee a connection, with some blackbirds battling with technology, automatic palm readers and power outages thrown into the mix.
This piece includes a number of colorful high-resolution illustrations, as well as the acclaimed animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/thursday-a-little-escape-from-everyday-life/“Thursday” is an immaculately designed animated short film directed by... more
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The public are concerned that Britain could be dragged into 'another Iraq' style war in Libya, a survey has found.
Seven out of ten people fear that the military action could result in Britain being stuck in a 'prolonged conflict like the Iraq war', a poll for the Independent found.
A further 24 per cent were at ease with the action and 5 per cent of the 1,000 people questioned had not made up their minds.
The survey found that the public were divided about whether the Government was right to commit forces to Libya with 43 per cent backing the action and 47 per cent against.
The largest chunk of support came from Conservative voters, 58 per cent of whom backed air strikes. Only 46 per cent of Labour voters agreed with intervention and 45 per cent of Lib DemsThe public are concerned that Britain could be dragged into 'another Iraq'... more
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“Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography” is an exhibition of photographs currently on view at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present time. For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others.
This piece presents a number of high-resolution color and black-and-white photographs, and a photo-gallery.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/pictures-by-women-a-celebration-of-great-women-photographers/“Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography” is an exhibition of... more
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News of the day for March 17, 1947. Rather calm and almost dull by comparison. In case you thought every day in history was nuts or bordering on hysteria.News of the day for March 17, 1947. Rather calm and almost dull by comparison. In case... more
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“I’ll Call You Back” is a very funny new two-minute short film by the English filmmaker Mark Kuczewski. A young fellow is sitting at home trying to watch his favorite sports program on television, while his lady friend is sitting next to him and chattering away on the phone. Now there are times like this when nothing is more annoying than a woman talking endlessly on the phone. But if you dare to complain, just be very careful about what might come next!
This piece include a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the wicked funny short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/ill-call-you-back-and-just-what-comes-next/“I’ll Call You Back” is a very funny new two-minute short film by... more
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Army dog handler Liam Tasker, a Lance Corporal in the British army, was said to be inseparable from his spaniel, Theo. On Tuesday, Tasker was shot dead while on patrol north of Nahr-e-Saraj in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Theo, who was trained to search for bombs, survived but, on returning to the British base at Camp Bastion, he suffered a heart attack and died.
Full Story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/02/army-handler-dog-death-afghanistanArmy dog handler Liam Tasker, a Lance Corporal in the British army, was said to be... more
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